In Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, a truck crashed into a line of elementary school students, killing and injuring five children, and police decided to reduce the maximum speed around the site on the city road where the accident occurred.
On June 28, on a school road in Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, a truck crashed into a line of elementary school students on their way home from school, killing boys in grades 3 and 2, and unconscious an 8-year-old girl. He became seriously injured, and boys aged 7 and 6 were seriously injured.
Police arrested Hiroshi Umezawa (60), who was driving a truck, and is investigating on suspicion of dangerous driving fatal injury, alleging that alcohol had interfered with normal driving.
On the other hand, the police are also considering safety measures for school roads around the site, and recently decided to reduce the maximum speed of the city road where the accident occurred within a range of about 2 kilometers east and west including the site. ..
The reduction will be finally decided after approval by the prefecture's Public Safety Commission, but it is currently a policy to reduce the maximum speed of 60 km to 30 km.
The Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters says, "I would like you to follow traffic rules such as speed limits to protect children when they go to school."